Focus and Scope |
Author Guidelines |
Editorial Team |
Reference Management |
Peer-Review Process |
Publication Frequency |
Publication Ethic |
Author Fee |
Publication Ethic
Duties of Authors:
- Reporting Standards: Present accurate research and discuss its significance objectively.
- Originality and Plagiarism: Ensure originality, cite previous work properly, and avoid simultaneous submissions.
- Multiple Publications: Do not submit the same work to multiple journals, identify multiple publications arising from one project.
- Acknowledgement of Sources: Properly acknowledge data sources and influential publications.
- Authorship: Reflect contributors accurately, ensure all authors approve the submitted manuscript.
- Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Disclose financial or other conflicts of interest, and sources of financial support.
- Fundamental Errors: Promptly notify editors of significant errors in published work.
Duties of Editors:
- Publication Decisions: Make decisions based on validation and importance of the work, guided by journal policies and legal requirements.
- Review of Manuscripts: Ensure fair and wise peer review, select appropriate reviewers, and maintain confidentiality.
- Fair Play: Make unbiased decisions regardless of authors' demographics, uphold editorial independence and integrity.
- Confidentiality: Keep manuscript information confidential, assess breaches of data protection and patient confidentiality.
- Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Do not use unpublished materials for personal research without consent, avoid decisions involving conflicts of interest.
Duties of Reviewers:
- Confidentiality: Keep manuscript information confidential, unless authorized by the editor.
- Acknowledgement of Sources: Ensure authors acknowledge all data sources, notify journal of irregularities or ethical concerns.
- Standards of Objectivity: Review manuscripts objectively, provide constructive feedback.
- Disclosure and Conflict of Interest: Keep privileged information confidential, avoid reviewing papers with conflicts of interest.
- Promptness: Respond promptly, inform the journal if unable to review within the agreed timeframe.